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3 Claims. (Cl. 194-2) This invention relates to coin operated vendingmachines and more particularly to a coin operated release mechanism andchange-maker adapted for use in conjunction with vending machines fromwhich articles of merchandise may be selectively vended from a pluralityof chutes or columns.

An important object of the invention is to provide a coin controlledrelease mechanism which will operate to free a vending device for asingle vending movement when a predetermined number of coins have beenreceived by said release mechanism.

Another object of the invention is to provide a release mechanism of thecharacter described which may be selectively adjusted to free saidvending device for operation to vend a twenty-five cent article ofmerchandise, for example, when a U. S. quarter or any combination ofnickels and dimes equal to twenty-five cents has been received by saidmechanism.

A further object of the invention is to provide a release mechanism ofthe above character which may be selectively adjusted to release avending device for a single vending movement to discharge a ten-cent,fifteen-cent or a twenty-cent article of merchandise when anycombination of nickels or dimes equal to the value selected have beenreecived by the release mechanism.

Still another object of the invention is to provide in combination witha vending device embodying means for selectively vending articles from aplurality of chutes or the like, a release mechanism of the characterdescribed which may be selectively adjusted to free said device to vendarticles of one price from a majority of said chutes when a combinationof coins equal to said price have been received by the mechanism and tolikewise free said device to vend articles of a lesser price from theremainder of said chutes when a combination of coins equal to saidlesser price have been received. 1

A further object of the invention is to provide in combination with aselectively adjustable release mechanism, of the character stated, forfreeing a dispensing device for dispensing operation, a coin dispensingmeans activated by said release mechanism to dispense a nickel or a dimeas change when a coin or coins received by the latter are of a valuefive or ten cents in excess of the value at which said mechanism isadjusted to free said dispensing device.

Yet another object of the invention is to provide in a release mechanismof the character described, an improved manually operated means forreleasing coins therefrom prior to operation of the dispensing device.

A further object of the invention is to provide in a vending machinehaving a plurality of separate groupsof columns from which merchandisemay be selectively vended, a release mechanism of the characterstatedconveniently disposed in a space between adjacent groups of saidcolumns.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from thefollowing description of a preferred 2,7 77,554 Patented Jan. 15, 1am

embodiment thereof, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,in which:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of a dispensing machine of a type withinwhich the invention may be embodied, a portion of a front panel as wellas other parts of the machine being cut away;

Fig. 2 is a plan sectional view of the machine shown in Fig. 1illustrating the general disposition of main chutes for articles to bedispensed, auxiliary chutes therefor, and penny change tubes;

Fig. 3 is a plan sectional view of the machine within which theinvention may be embodied, showing one of a plurality of reciprocatingdispensing bars in its normal position; i

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view, similar to that shownin Fig. 3, showingone of the reciprocating dispensing bars in itsextended position and showing mechanism'for preventing movement of morethan one bar at a time;

Fig. 5 is an elevational view of one side of the release mechanism of myinvention;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 showing the otherside thereof withcertain parts removed for clearness of illustration;

Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 77 of Fig. 5,showing a coin lever in its normal position locking a coin slide infixed position;

Fig. 7A is a similar view showing the coin lever in the releaseposition;

Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 88 of Fig. 5,showing another coin lever'in its normal or locking position;

Fig. 3A is a similar view showing the later coin lever in the releaseposition;

Fig. 9 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 99 of Fig. 5,showing a third coin lever in its normal or locked position; I v

Fig. 9A is a similar view showing said third coin lever in the releaseposition;

Fig. 10 is a sectional view taken on the line 1010 of Fig. 5 to bringout details of the coin slide and to show means for moving the coinlevers to release position;

Fig. 11 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view showing certaindetails of a shift bar adapted to move one of the coin levers of therelease mechanism to release position in the absence of a coin normallyrequired to release said lever;

Fig., 11A is a view similar to Fig. 11 showingthe shift bar moved to aposition in which the coin leverv is moved to said release position;

Fig. 12 is a front elevational view of the release mechanism andchange-maker mounted upon a frame provided therefor within the vendingmachine;

Fig. 13 is an enlarged View similar to Fig. 12, showing details of therelease mechanism as Well as means for transferring coins therefrom tochange supply tubes;

Fig. 14 is an elevational view of the release mechanism with partsremoved to better show the construction of the coin slide and to showthe position which coins will take therein when said coin slide is inits normal or locked position;

Fig. 14A is a view similar to Fig. 14 showing the coin slide moved toits release position;

Fig. 15 is an elevational view of the coin release mechanism and theassociated change-making mechanism showing the arrangement of leverstherebetween;

Fig. 16 is a view similar to Fig. 15 showing certain of said leversremoved and bringing out details of the change-making mechanism;

Fig. 17 is a partial elevational view of the lower por-

